CLASSIFICATIONS OF VARIETIES 



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produced. The pod usually bears two seeds, though in some varie- 

 ties five or six are developed. 



Classification of Varieties. Only five or six common varieties 



FIG. 189. The peanut plant, Virginia running variety. (From U. S. Farmers' Bulletin 25.) 



are found in cultivation. Virginia Bunch and Virginia Kunner 

 (Fig. 189) are two very similar varieties, except the former is 



A B 



FIG. 190. Two types of peanuts: A, a large Virginia type; B, small Spanish type. 



an upright, short vine variety, and the latter has long, creeping 

 stems. The bunch variety is the one most extensively cultivated. 

 It is easier to cultivate the upright bunch form rather than the 



